week 26

Grade 1 learned about sounds this week with the Easton Children's Museum thanks to a WEST GRANT!  

Grade 2 and 3 Boys and their guests had a great time last Friday night!  

Thanks PTO!  

Mrs. Wagstaff remembered the Hokey-Pokey! 

Brownie Troop 4717 visited the office with a special treat - delicious thanks-a-lot cookies!!!  

Thanks-a-lot to Troop 4717!!

A new placement form was discussed today at the Principal's Coffee.  The form will be made available on April 11th.  Other information from the meeting including questions and answers can be found on the school website. 

"Oh the thinks you can think, when you think about Seuss"ical the Musical!

Come check out the ACT spring musical, starring your very own Roderick Elementary students.

The show dates are:

Friday, April 8 - 6:00pm

Saturday, April 9 - 2:00pm

Saturday, April 9 - 7:00pm

Grade 2 and 3 Student Arrival

Please check your children in at the Delaney Annex Office when they arrive to school. The close proximity to their classrooms allows them to start the day faster! 

IT'S DI TOURNAMENT TIME!!!

It’s DI Tournament Time!!  Come cheer on the Wildcats!  Saturday, March 19^th at Whitman-Hanson High School.  Each year Destination Imagination challenges students with different types of problems to solve.  This year’s Technical Challenge has our teams building a vehicle with two different propulsion systems.  The Fine Arts Challenge is a real “Mystery” with three possible endings based upon a technical clue.  Two of our teams will be having a “Close Encounter” in the Improvisational Challenge, presenting in a confined space of 6’ by 8’.  The Scientific Challenge had our team researching camouflaged organisms.  The Structure Challenge required our team to build a playable musical instrument, the height of which must be at least 7.5 inches and no taller than 9 inches and weigh less than 175 grams.  After the team plays a melody on their instrument for at least 30 seconds it is then placed in a tester to see how much weight it will hold.  During our Dress Rehearsal, their instrument held 145 lbs. and still looked strong!   New this year to Wrentham was the opportunity to solve the Project Outreach Challenge, a Community Service based challenge.  The team had to define a community need, design a plan to address the need and carry out a project which addressed the need.  Our team chose Anti-Bullying, they discovered that 1 in 3 children are bullied every day.  They created contracts and asked all the students in Roderick School to read the contract and sign it, thus committing to stopping bullying.  They set aside a day for all the students in Roderick to wear Blue, the color associated with Anti-Bullying.  They even got the teachers and Administration to wear Blue!  This year’s team members and presentation times are listed below.  For more information about DI over all, questions about this year’s challenges, or directions to our tournament, etc., please contact Linda DeVore at diwrentham@gmail.com.

This year’s DI Wrentham Wildcats are from the following grades and Teams with presentation times bolded;

6^th Grade Team Bilezerian: Get a Clue Middle School Level – 2:00 PM

Kyle Bilezerian, Tyler Barros, Sam DeBaggis, Jake McDevitt, Ilah Weiblen (gr.5), Will Weiblen

6^th Grade Team Hepburn: Close Encounters Middle School Level – 3:00 PM

Randy Hepburn, Flynn Duffy, Michael Earls, Quinn Garstka, Tyler Woloski

6^th Grade Team Tobichuk/Spada: Close Encounters Middle School Level – 3:30 PM

Jack Tobichuk, Sam Hancock, Cooper Manzi, John Pfeiffer, Max Salvatore, Drew Danson

4^th Grade Team McFarlane/Sansoucy: Pace of Change Elementary Level – 8:30 AM

Isabella McFarlane, Hannah Sansoucy, Rebekah Gebhardt, Ella Brown, Trinjan Kaur, Ava Saansoucy (gr.3), and Catherine McFarlane (gr.2)

4^th  Grade Team Cahoon/Haigh: Pace of Change Elementary Level – 8:50 AM

Shaylee Cahoon, Skyler Barry, Brianna Haigh, Ava McGowan, Vera Tyo

4^th  Grade Team Garstka/Crisafi: Project Outreach: Community Service Elementary Level – 9:30 AM

Nathaniel Garstka, Maggy Crisafi, Dominic Crisafi, Julia DeVasto, Luke Danson, Sarah Brown, Brady Anderson

4^th Grade Team Campbell/King: In Plain Sight Elementary Level  – 12:00 Noon

Travers Antonellis, Grace Campbell, Bridgett King, Sean King, Matthew Person, Carson Poirier

4^th Grade Team Leveille/Whalen: Musical Mashup Elementary Level – 4:00 PM

Rowan Garvey, Ashlyn Kenney, Molly Rogoff, Kenzie Whalen

3^rd Grade Team Leveroni/Mahen: Get A Clue Elementary Level – 10:00 AM

Tommy Daley, Ava Doggett, Brady Ford, Brooke Kennedy, Jack Leveroni, Sammie Logan, Sophia Mahen

Good Luck to our Grade 3 DI Team!!!!

Featuring Dr. John Ribiero 

Wednesday, March 30 Addition/Subtraction

Wednesday, April 6 Multiplication/Division

6:15-7:15 Delaney Teachers' Room

Plan to attend to hear and see what your children are doing in Math now!  

Offered as a direct result of parent requests!

Please support our playground fundraising initiative by supporting events that benefit our very own Dancing with the Wrentham Stars dancer- Dr. Allan Cameron!

      The total cost for the playground project will be approximately $250, 000

PE FRENZY raised over $700 dollars for Dancing with the Stars

Please visit our website:  wrenthamplayground.com

Many fundraisers are coming up!  
Watch for information about the Boosterthon, Magic Show and other events!  
https://www.facebook.com/NinaCanditoPhotography/

 We would love to create a donor recognition tree. If anyone has an artistic friend or family member who works in metal and would be willing to help us, please contact the school! 

MAGIC SHOW!!!!! 

Please join the Wrentham Elementary Staff and Professional Magician Joe Carota at an evening of magic as we move forward with bringing the magic of a new playground closer to reality.

When: Monday, March 21^st 6:00

Where: Gibbons Gym

Cost: $5.00 per person/$20.00 per family (Checks to be made out to Wrentham Community Events, Inc.)

Tickets will be available at the door!  

All students will receive a free magic book! 

All proceeds will benefit Dr. Cameron in Dancing with the Wrentham Stars for the Delaney School Playground.

What is it?    

A Delaney School character building Fun run being held to raise money for the playground.  All grades PreK -3 will participate. 

When:  Wednesday March 23rd  

Where:  Gibbons Gym

Grade 1                                                         8:30-9:30

Grade PreK and Kindergarten                  10:00-11:00

Grade 3                                                        11:15-12:15

Grade 2                                                          1:15-2:15

Parent Night: Keeping Kids Safe and Secure Online

On Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:00pm in the Vogel Auditorium, Wrentham Public Schools will be hosting a Parent Night: Keeping Students Safe and Secure Online. We will discuss Current Trends and Safeguards in a Digital World and Social and Emotional Implications of a Digital World. We will also review some filtering and internet safety tools and conclude with a panel Q&A. Sean Ahern, Director of Technology, Heather Fox, 4-6 Grade Computer Teacher, and Kim Kost, School Psychologist will be presenting and taking part in the the Q&A. We look forward to seeing you on the 22nd and starting this important dialogue.  

Flyer link - http://goo.gl/nld6n6

Here is the correct information! 

2016-2017 Kindergarten options will be Full or Half Day.
Transitional Kindergarten will not be an option. 

2016-2017 Kindergarten Information

Kindergarten Alternatives Evening     

Tuesday, April 5, 2016                   6-7 p.m.  

Vogel Auditorium

Program alternatives will be explained.

Option 1:  Half-day Kindergarten:   

Children attend school for 2 ½ hours from 8:20-11:10

Option 2:  Full-day Kindergarten:   

Children attend a regular school day from 8:20-2:40

Full-day kindergarten will be tuition based

Applicants will be chosen by lottery if numbers exceed available space in the full day programs.

Kindergarten Registration Day:  

Thursday, April 7, 2016                    9 a.m.- 12 p.m.  

Vogel Auditorium

Needed to Register: 

·         Proof of residency

·         Birth Certificate

·         Record of last physical and immunizations

·         Enrollment forms

Kindergarten Screening:

Friday, May 20, 2016     

By appointment made during registration

No Kindergarten for current students on this day!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday March 31st  5-8 pm

Dismissal at 12:00  NOON

Friday, April 1st  12-3 

Dismissal at 12:00 NOON

Dancing with the Wrentham Stars 2016

April 1, 2016

7:00 p.m. to Midnight

Lake Pearl Luciano's 

299 Creek Street

Wrentham, MA 

P:  508.384.3003

Please support Superintendent, Dr. Cameron as he dances his way to (hopefully) winning 2016 Dancing with the Stars and helping us achieve our goal for a new state-of-the-art playground that will be accessible for all our children!

 http://www.wce02093.org/votedonate-here.html

What is School Committee?

The Wrentham School Committee is responsible for setting Policies for the District and approving the District Budget on an annual basis.  The School Committee is responsible for hiring and supervising the Superintendent of the Wrentham Public Schools.  In private business terms, the School Committee is the Board of Directors of the District and the day-to-day operations of the District are operated by the Superintendent and his Administrative team.  The Committee consists of 5 Members, each elected for staggered 3 year terms in the annual April Town elections.  

Next Meeting:  Tuesday April 12th

Open to the Public! 

Thank you for reading and viewing! 

Colleen Wagstaff

Delaney Principal